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Sex Health
; 9(2): 194-5, 2012 May.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-22498167
RESUMO
BACKGROUND: A nurse-driven, urine-based screening program for Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Chlamyida trachomatis was conducted in a remote emergency department targeting asymptomatic youth. METHODS: Individuals who presented to the Emergency Department with non-genitourinary complaints between the ages of 16 and 34 were offered free opportunistic urinary testing for gonorrhoea and chlamydia. RESULTS: In total, 178 eligible patients were offered screening, 65% consented for testing and 14 patients (12%) returned positive results, with 10 diagnoses of chlamydia, 9 of gonorrhoea and 5 with both. DISCUSSION: Emergency departments are an underutilised interface between difficult to reach at risk youth populations and public health services.